Vscode As Mcp Server

VSCode as MCP Server

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A VSCode extension that turns your VSCode into an MCP server, enabling advanced coding assistance from MCP clients like Claude Desktop.

Key Features

Code Editing Support
- Review proposed code changes from an LLM through diffs, allowing you to accept, reject, or provide feedback.
- Real-time diagnostic messages (e.g., type errors) sent instantly to the LLM for immediate corrections.

Terminal Operations
- Execute commands within VSCode’s integrated terminal (supports background/foreground execution, and timeout settings).

Preview Tools
- Preview URLs directly within VSCode’s built-in browser (e.g., automatically opens browser preview after starting a Vite server).

Multi-instance Switching
- Easily switch the MCP server between multiple open VSCode windows.(Just by clicking the status bar item)

Relay Functionality (Experimental)
- Relay and expose built-in MCP servers introduced in VSCode 1.99 externally.
- Allows external access to tools provided by other MCP extensions, such as GitHub Copilot.

Available Built-in Tools

- execute_command: Execute commands in VSCode’s integrated terminal
- code_checker: Retrieve current diagnostics for your code
- focus_editor: Focus specific locations within files
- list_debug_sessions / start_debug_session / restart_debug_session / stop_debug_session: Manage debug sessions
- text_editor: File operations (view, replace, create, insert, undo)
- list_directory: List directory contents in a tree format
- get_terminal_output: Fetch output from a specified terminal
- list_vscode_commands / execute_vscode_command: List and execute arbitrary VSCode commands
- preview_url: Open URLs within VSCode’s integrated browser

Installation & Setup

1. Install the extension from the VSCode Marketplace.

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